On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:35:02 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Do I remember, the early ones actuallly had pedals, for up hill,and to make
the fuel last longer?

To be a "moped" it HAD to have pedals. You had to pedal to start it.

When I was closing at McDonalds one night, 1983, about zero dark thirty. The
manager came up to me and said "there are two people on motor cycles outside
the drive through window and they are asking for you by name." I nearly died
of fear, at that moment. She further said I could go talk to them, but not
open the window. I agreed.

They turned out to be two people I knew, and they were on no-pedal mopeds.
The man had gassed up but neglected to add the two cycle oil to the little
tank under the seat. The piston locked up, and they had been walking. His
moped was dead, but hers still ran.

If they had no pedals they were motorcycles or motor scooters - mopeds
all had pedals. There were moped-like "step through" motorcycles with
engines of more than 49cc displacement - usually good for more than 27
MPH that required registration, drivers licence, and insurance.

49cc and less, with pedals and limited speed were classified as
mopeds and in many countries did not require a motorcycle licence -
registration, or insurance.

Here in Ontario you needed a driver's licence, but not a motorcycle
licence - and registration (lifetime plate, at least at one point) and
insurance. My last one was a Honda PA50

She noticed my car out front, and they went to the drive up window. I
assured them I'd be out at the end of my shift. And assured the manager they
would be no trouble. I worked on the moped for a while, and realized it was
beyond my skills to fix in the parking lot at 2 Am. I ended up taking her
home in my car, with the moped roped on top the trunk. He drove the other
moped, and arrived shortly after that. Next day, he walked the moped to the
sales and repair shop, they freed it up for him.

Christopher A. Young
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
.. .

I still can't get it out of my head that when I was
a kid I used to ride my Sears-And-Roebuck 50cc
moped from West of Philadelphia to Ocean City
on about a gallon of gas...